Sunday, November 7, 2010

Homework 11/5/10

1.) List four principles of the Fourteen Points. Which of the Fourteen Points did Wilson think was most important?
• Eliminate secret treaties and causes of war through open diplomacy
• Securing freedom of the seas
• Develop free trade
• And encouraging disarmament
• Wilson believed the most important was the 14th - general association of nations
2.) List three types of anti-German propaganda used by the U.S. during the war.
• German institutions and organizations closed
• Symphonies restricted to play German composer's music
• 14 states banned the learning of German in public schools
3.) What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information?
• Promote war domestically
• C.P.I shaped information Americans got about the war and encouraged support
• Hoped for more enlistment by increased showings of patriotism

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